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"Everybody do the ??? Dance" song Music
I once heard this song in a store in 2014 or 2015. It went something like "everybody do the wants it dance everybody do the wants it dance something something clap your hands everybody do the wants it dance” but because I don’t remember some of the lyrics (and I’m not sure if they really said “wants it”), I’m unable to find it, and this point, I’m convinced that I imagined it.
indie / alternative rock band's album is shelved due to executive meddling Music
Maybe around 15 or more years ago, I remember finding a link to a music journalism article online - the article was about a rock band whose album was held up by Executive Meddling, and the inciting incident was apparently the band refusing to record a Cover Version of "All You Need Is Love" for a commercial. I mainly remember this because 1) I think this article might have actually been my first exposure to the idea that Music Is Politics, and 2) not long after I saw a Chase Bank ad that used Nada Surf's version of "All You Need Is Love", making me wonder if that was the ad in question and if Nada Surf had accepted the offer this other band refused. Consulting the other wiki re: Nada Surf's version of "All You Need Is Love", this would have been around 2006.
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[FOUND] DineAndDash music video Music
Song from the mid 1980s. I thought it was "Come On Eileen" or "Celtic Soul Brothers" by Dexys Midnight Runners, but having just seen those, I'm wrong. (Unless there's more than one version of the music videos?) The band in question are all scruffy lower class people like DMR presented themselves as in their "Eileen" period.
The video starts with the singer/main character in a small restaurant/diner having a meal. He sees a friend out the window and leaves, non-verbally telling the owner/waitress that he'll be back shortly to pay for his meal and leaving a package to demonstrate his commitment to coming back. He goes away and has a grand ol' time, and singing whatever song it is. We occasionally cut back to the diner where the waitress is getting concerned. Late that night, at more or less the end of the video, the waitress opens up the package to find it's just some old newspaper (or something), he never planned to come back!
I know this sounds kinda like A Ha's "Take On Me" but it isn't that.
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Circa 2003 trance song Music
Can anyone identify this song? I heard it on the radio in 2003, but it could of course be earlier.
https://vocaroo.com/12B4JxML7Zln
Song the played in YouTube ads by a band called The Mummies/The Mummys Music
I don't remember the lyrics, but I do remember the music video, which was a You Tube ad I only ever got once. It was by a band The Mummies or The Mummys. I don't think it was Garage Punk band of the same name or the Funk band Here Come the Mummies, but they could have been. They did dress up as stereotypical Egyptian mummies though, like both of those bands.
The music video hand the members of the band singing the song, while different would focus on different parts of there body.
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What song is this? Music
What song is this girl dancing to?
Music Video Robot Girl with surgery Music
The video alternate between the female singer singing on stage and the singer in a surgery-like room with doctors doing stuff to her robotic body. Except in the moments where we can see the mechanical insides, the girl looks fully human.
Remix of ATC "Around The World" Music
There's this remix of the song "Around The World" that I swear was called something like "VX remix", but I can't find it anywhere. I searched through 20+ remixes on youtube and none of them were right.
Album with a bonus disc that's designed for sharing with friends Music
I was browsing a record store in the mid-2000s when I saw a CD where the packaging advertised an unusual promotional tool the artist decided to use. The album had a "bonus disc" that was just the first few songs on the album again, and a sticker on the case explained that you were supposed to give away the extra disc to a friend, who would hopefully like what they heard enough that they would buy the whole album themselves. Thing is I'm 90% sure this was Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor, but I can't seem to find any evidence online about this version of the album having existed. I am at least pretty sure of the 2000s time frame, and I'm under the impression it was some indie artist's first major label release, which Begin To Hope was for Regina.
Music video? Music
I remember seeing a music video at a Dave and Busters but I can't remember anything about the song that goes with it. The plot of the video is that a woman and her daughter are driving but get hit by a truck at the intersection; then time rewinds or something and a member of the band races across the city in order to save them, which he manages to do by running in front of their car before they can pass through the intersection, ensuring that they stop and the truck misses them.
Cover of Mr. Blue Sky Music
Now, I will admit, I am not very good at describing songs compared to other mediums, so this might not get as good of a result, but I will try anyway.
I remember from my childhood this cover of Mr. Blue Sky that seemed to have a less cheerful tone compared to the original, it had a slower piano opening, the opening lyrics started at a slower pace as well, and the ending wasn't quite as long in addition to ending with the lyrics "Mr. Blue Sky why?" being repeated (I think) with no "please turn me over" robot voice at the end.
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Music video with boy flying toy plane Music
Basically what the title says - I vaguely remember, back in the early noughties or so, seeing this one music video of a boy flying a toy or model plane in a field, but I don't remember what the song was.
MUSICAL: Stage show that had a VERY short run and mainly used simple shirts with names of characters Music
Dear TV Tropers,
I am not so much into musicials. Then again: I recently saw a documentairy on You Tube about a musical (stage show?) about.... well, I don't know anything about it acutally...
Only:
- It had a very short run. Basically it was a 'flop'.
- Rather close to the premiere they totally changed the presentation/clothings... The personas wore simple plain shirts with the names of the characters.
That's all I know. Your help is appreciated!
Country song about a diner? Music
I remember listening to this in early mid 2000s I think? It was a male singer talking about a diner and I distinctly remember a line about the coffee being black or whatever and maybe a line about talking to a waitress? I thought it was called something like Mama’s Diner and was about a small town diner.
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Song similar to "Hazy Shade Of Winter" (solved, see last post) Music
This is gonna be a hard one but here goes: my dad had this record that I really liked to listen to when I was a kid circa 1990. There was this one song I really liked that was the final song on either side a or b (I forget if all the songs on the record were by the same group or not) singer was male, genre maybe rock or alternative. Can't remember any exact lyrics but I think the general meaning was something about no matter how hard he tries he can't do something. I think the band's name started with a D or a T but not sure.
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This one cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Music
Found it in this playlist video (timestamp at 11:11 provided), it's a cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" but I'd like to find out who made the cover. Would appreciate any help please. Thank you for your time.
Song with "shu-shook" in the chorus Music
This song from The '90s that was on the radio a lot.Male singer, genre maybe rock? The main think I remember is in the chorus someone says the "word" "shu-shook" repeatedly. The rest of the chorus (and the song in general) was real words, but I can't remember any to look up